

                             -- T A C I T U S --


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               ...oo                                       oo...
               ...oo    DOS, non-accelerated asm2k demo    oo...
               ...oo                                       oo...
               ...oo       by PuavoHard Productions        oo...
               ...oo                                       oo...
               ...ooooooOOOOOOOOO100101000OOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo...


Running time: 7:30 plus loadings (about 25 secs on p200MMX)

Supports: VESA, SoundBlaster (1, 2, pro, 16)

Parameters:

  -d nn   select color depth manually (nn=8,15,16,24 or 32)
  -s      configure audio manually
  -n      no sounds at all (doesn't even try to detect the hardware)
      
e.g.: TACITUS.EXE -d 16 -s

Note that the demo tries to detect color depths in this order:

    32bpp -> 16bpp -> 15bpp -> 24bpp -> 8bpp

So if it cannot find a mode for 32bpp, it tries to find a mode
for 16bpp. The reason for why 24bpp is not after 32bpp, is
becouse of some video adapters handles 24bpp modes strangely and
the image will get messed up. If you still want to try it rather
than 16bpp, you can use the '-d' parameter.

I'm working on that problem and finding a way to fix it.


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               FEATures -=>
* Code, design, 3d, textures, textfile by. BuG aka Juuso Luukkonen
* Gfx, design, textures, textfile by. Larga aka Lauri Ainala
* Music/Sfx, design by. Reaby aka Petri J„rvisalo
* 3dz 'n design by. Emppu aka Lasse Kankainen

Thanks to Ansgaros aka Anssi J„„skel„inen, who made
the great guitar samples for the music.

This demo does NOT use MIDAS, Allegro or any other libs or code
made by people outside PuavoHard. It uses PHLIB for graphics,
audio and timing, which was made by BuG.

We couldn't get our 3D-engine work as well as we thought, but still this IS
about 100 times better than our last-year-demo 'the MESSAGE' which really
sucked (but it was shown on big screen though)... It's clear that this is our
best demo so far. BUT next year we'll make even better demo...probably :).

ALL code, graphics and music are originals, NO COPY, NO RIP! some textures
are ripped from various sources, but some are made by Larga 'n BuG.

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PuavoHard info:
Group was found in 1996 by Larga. Original members were Lauri Ainala, Olli
Ainala and Anssi J„„skel„inen (Ansgaros). Nowadays our group is member of
Alliance of Finnish gamedevelopers and makes games, demos, musix and graphics.
Group members live mostly in Savonlinna, only BuG and TheTumi are living in
other city (BuG in Mikkeli and TheTumi in Jyv„skyl„).

Our homepage:   www.puavohard.org
and email:      puavohard@puavohard.org

Member info:

Juuso Luukkonen
------------------------------------
    nick:           BuG
    primary jobs:   code, design
    secondary jobs: 3D, music
    email:          bug@puavohard.org
    homepage:       bug.puavohard.org

Lauri Ainala
------------------------------------
    nick:           Larga
    primary jobs:   graphics, design
    secondary jobs: music
    email:          larga@puavohard.org
    homepage:       larga.puavohard.org

Petri J„rvisalo
------------------------------------
    nick:           Reaby
    primary jobs:   music, design    
    email:          reaby@puavohard.org
    homepage:       reaby.puavohard.org

Lasse Kankainen
------------------------------------
    nick:           Emppu
    primary jobs:   organizing, 3D
    email:          emppu@puavohard.org

Tuomo Pelkonen
------------------------------------
    nick:           Tumi
    primary jobs:   code, webmaster
    email:          tumi@puavohard.org
    homepage:       tumi.puavohard.org
    own server:     putki.letku.jyu.fi


<language to Finnish>

HUOM!OBS
Grouppimme tarvitsee hyv„„ 3D-mallintajaa riveihins„, joten jos osaat
kyseisen taidon ja sinua kiinnostaa liitty„ PuavoHardin riveihin, l„het„
vapaamuotoinen hakemus osoitteeseen puavohard@puavohard.org aiheella
3D-MALLINTAJA. Viestiss„si tulee k„yd„ ilmi nimesi, yhteystietosi ja
yleist„ tietoa itsest„si sek„ url, josta voimme hakea valmiita teoksiasi
arvioitavaksi. Sinun tulee olla valmis tiiviiseen yhteisty”h”n muun
groupin kanssa ja hoitaa hommat laiskottelematta.

<language back to English>

Greets for groups/organisations -=>
    SPL (Alliance of Finnish Gamedevelopers)
    Error Free
    JP-productions
    Wp
    MukaSmarts
    Trauma
    DoomsDay
    IronParty organizing
    ShatterStorm
    tAAt
    ByteRapers
    Tpolm,
    MikroBitti
    koTiv„ki
    Five Musicians
    Topini

(hmmm... saako sellaisia grouppeja greetti„ joita ei tunne?-)

Greets for people -=>
    Tumi
    Makee
    DaGu
    HExa
    Tunturi
    Ansgaros
    Olkkonen
    Jesse
    Sp”nge
    Grizzt
    Black Shadow
    Mendel
    Untamo
    Molder
    Dr_w0rd
    Grendel
    Elwood
    Awesome
    CyberZip
    Kaikki @ Asm2k OldSkool

Spezial Thanks ==>
    Jeshua HaMasiah
           !    Jeesus
          "!"   People
           !    out There

UnSpezial UnThanks -> SaTaN, U REALLY suck!

this file was created with pain by
    .Larga.Reaby.BuG.Emppu from PuavoHard


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Words from creators:

LasiKuula
----------->
    Testasin ja kokeilin...
    Ainoo mik„ k„y ep„ilytt„„ on sen textuurien kanssa
    I tested and tried..
    the only thing that is uncertain are with the textures

Bola
----------->
    didudidididi...On mulla mustan kissan aivot.. di didididi diiiidi
    d†d†d†d†††...Jag har den svarta kattens hj„rnan.. d† d†d†d†d† d††††d†

Reaby
----------->
    Kamoonhei...t„„ musa on ihan kauhee.
    Tule p„„lle hei, t„m„ musiikki on aivan p”yristytt„v„.

Larga
----------->
    Nyt kyll„ tehh„„n peli! Keh„kettu
    My” ollaan gurujen guruja sitten oldskoolissa kaikki (Empun suomennos)

BuG
----------->
    Mit„ eik” demo toimi? Jaaha, unohin taas strippi„ ne ASEet...
    What! Doesn't the demo work? Ananas, I forgot to strip those WEApons.

Tumi
----------->
    ICQ: n/a --> Mullon n„lk„...M„ oon kokkaamassa
    Jag „r hungrig. I am cooking.



my” tultii bolan kaa asymeille puavohard-autolla. l„llysk„l„„! .larga


